European History

Rubenstein uncovers the man behind the controversies, the gifted writer whose life embodied all the tragic dilemmas of a Russian Jewish intellectual under totalitarianism. Journalist, novelist, and poet Ilya Ehrenburg...

A groundbreaking history of the Nazi research institute whose work helped lead to the extermination of millions In 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose...

The book titled Something to Hold onto: Autobiographical Sketches by the author Richard Cobb. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From about 1970, Irish history moved into a fast-forward phase. Roy Foster's new book looks at the roots of the changes which came with an almost completely unexpected wave of...

The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the 20th century "could have been Germany's century". In 1900, the country was continental Europe's leading power, its material strength and...

How remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek culture Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, and lovers stop having graphic sex in classical...

The very name, Napoleon Bonaparte, still enthralls. Ever since this towering and terrible genius conquered Europe, he has been endlessly debated, compared, and made an icon. In "Napoleon," the great...

A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on...

Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer "A first-class historian." --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! "A wealth of insights."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Unexplained Mysteries of World War II "Anyone interested...

This comprehensive anthology of newly translated writings presents some of Aron's most important essays in 20th-century intellectual history and political commentary.. In this collection of essays written over a period...

Munich was the birthplace of Nazism and became the chief cultural shrine of the Third Reich. In exploring the question of why Nazism flourished in the 'Athens of the Isar',...

The book titled The City of Florence: Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings by the author Professor R W B Lewis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

This study deals with the events of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War from 1917-1921. It provides a factual, chronological account of the main political events of the period,...

An account of France in the Occupation, "Marianne in Chains" focuses on the area around Tours in the Loire and in so doing, Robert Gildea provides us with a microcosmic...

A Moment of War is the powerful and harrowing final book in the acclaimed trilogy that began with Cider with Rosie. 'A Moment of War' is the magnificent conclusion to...

The book titled A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper, 1913-50 by the author Duff Cooper. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Through quiet meadows, rolling hills, leafy suburbia, industrial sites, and a changing London riverside, Mick Sinclair tracks the Thames from source to sea, documenting internationally-known landmarks such as Tower Bridge...

Roy Foster is one of the leaders of the iconoclastic generation of Irish historians. In this opinionated, entertaining book he examines how the Irish have written, understood, used, and misused...

First time in Penguin Classics for this single-volume edition of Churchill's most famous speeches The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business...

The memoir of the Nobel laureate, and one of the twentieth century's greatest poets After The Second World War, Czeslaw Milosz was exiled for many years from his home country...

Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to...

With a new introduction and editorial apparatus by eminent military historian Hew Strachan In what is one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, the...

In his introduction, Hugh Trevor-Roper considers the History's dominant place in nineteenth-century historical literature. One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout...

The book titled This I Cannot Forget: Memoirs of Nikolai Bukharin's Widow by the author Anna Larina. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The book titled Utopia in Power: History of the U.S.S.R. from 1917 to the Present by the author Mikhail Geller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled Franco by the author Juan Pablo Fusi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should...

Pasta Love is a love letter to pasta and the people who make it. According to Jaclyn Crupi - a proud Italian-Australian pasta maker and devotee - pasta is love,...

When the Revolution broke out in 1917, Sergei Golitsyn was just 8 years old. His memoir of the Revolution and the years that followed constitute one of the most powerful...

In 2005 an old canister of film was discovered in a Devon church. How it got there was a mystery and its contents were tantalizing. The grainy black and white...

The V&A has the greatest collection of maiolica in the world. This long awaited study explores the significance of these fascinating objects in the art and social history of the...

Inspired by the Frost/Nixon interviews and Walter Isaacson's authorsubjectrelationship with Steve Jobs, Alan Friedman tells the story of SilvioBerlusconi, the billionaire media mogul turned Prime Minister, who hasdominated Italian life...

Mary was crowned queen in 1553. In the space of just five years, her brutal methods earned her the macabre nickname she has carried ever since. Men such as Nicholas...

What you see isnt always what you get.Elle Littlewood can barely believe her luck when her producer tells her about the chance to get her hands on a dilapidated chateau...

Explore the wonders of the past in this stunning collection of over 160 historical artefacts, from Ancient Rome to the dynasties of China. Welcome to the museum. This rich and...

This highly illustrated, detailed account of Harry and Meghan's relationship celebrates the announcement of their wedding and tells the story of a thoroughly modern royal romance. The book charts their...

Terrestrial paradise and primeval garden, Eden represents an ideal of innocence and perfection that can only be aspired to today. Yet it has remained a conceptual prototype for gardens worldwide:...

This is a brilliant reinterpretation of the negotiations between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin that divided Europe and laid the foundations for the cold war. Gardner argues that the quest for...

The Future of a Negation is a crucial statement on the Holocaust-and on Holocaust denial-from Alain Finkielkraut, one of the most acclaimed and influential intellectuals in contemporary Europe. The book...

This work recounts Richard Hillary's experiences as a fighter pilot in World War II, in which he was shot down and spent months in hospital, undergoing operations to rebuild his...

This brilliant new book explores how, over the last 250 years, the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerful hold on...

The book titled Vanished Empire: Vienna, Budapest, Prague: The Three Capital Cities of by the author Stephen Brook. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The Renaissance holds an undying place in the human imagination, and its great heroes remain our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Montaigne. This period of profound evolution...

The figure of Joseph Stalin has always provoked heated and often polarized debate. The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has made possible this fundamental new assessment...

Rex Wade here presents a new history of one of the pivotal events of modern history, combining his own long study of the revolution with the best of contemporary scholarship....

Winner, 1992 Association des Ecrivains de Langue Francaise Prix Europeen "I have lived, alone, in a cell, 157,852,800 seconds of solitude and fear. Cause for screaming! They sentence me to...